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When the Mamluks gained control of Egypt were they still officially 'slaves' and if so who was their de jure master? Did Mamluks continue to have foreign origins after they obtained hegemony?

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During the Vietnam War how common was it for draft-dodgers to commit self-mutilation to avoid enlistment?

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Why did the US not adopt a parliamentary system for the federal government? Were there any early proposals that would have made the US legislature more like a parliamentary system?

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Is it true that the Huns were almost entirely illiterate? How did they manage to conduct any diplomacy or trade relations with other major states at their height of power?

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How did Theravāda Buddhism become the predominant form of Buddhism in South-East Asia when the region was originally Mahāyāna?

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The ancient Olympic games included artistic competitions involving poetry, sculpture etc. Why were these artistic events not included in the modern Olympic games?

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During the Hanoverian period of British royal history there ever any sort of tension relating to how the state-church of Hannover was Lutheran and the one of Britain was Anglican?

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Did any of the warlords during the Warlord Era in China have the ambition to create a new imperial dynasty?

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Why were homo sacer in Rome not allowed to be sacrificed?

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How was Hideyoshi able to launch such a large scale invasion of Korea immediately after such a bloody civil war in Japan? Wouldn't there have been a shortage of funds and manpower?

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When the Mamluks gained control of Egypt were they still officially 'slaves' and if so who was their de jure master? Did Mamluks continue to have foreign origins after they obtained hegemony?	7
During the Vietnam War how common was it for draft-dodgers to commit self-mutilation to avoid enlistment?	7
Why did the US not adopt a parliamentary system for the federal government? Were there any early proposals that would have made the US legislature more like a parliamentary system?	6
Is it true that the Huns were almost entirely illiterate? How did they manage to conduct any diplomacy or trade relations with other major states at their height of power?	6
How did Theravāda Buddhism become the predominant form of Buddhism in South-East Asia when the region was originally Mahāyāna?	6
The ancient Olympic games included artistic competitions involving poetry, sculpture etc. Why were these artistic events not included in the modern Olympic games?	6
During the Hanoverian period of British royal history there ever any sort of tension relating to how the state-church of Hannover was Lutheran and the one of Britain was Anglican?	6
Did any of the warlords during the Warlord Era in China have the ambition to create a new imperial dynasty?	5
Why were homo sacer in Rome not allowed to be sacrificed?	5
How was Hideyoshi able to launch such a large scale invasion of Korea immediately after such a bloody civil war in Japan? Wouldn't there have been a shortage of funds and manpower?	5